tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25892266.post5571953250469947334..comments2024-01-28T01:53:28.605-08:00Comments on hyperborea: Botany of Desireutopia or busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09330052275507966278noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25892266.post-87227613588470253872008-04-15T21:44:00.000-07:002008-04-15T21:44:00.000-07:00Track down Rita Dove's poem, "Parsley." You'll be ...Track down Rita Dove's poem, "Parsley." You'll be amazed.Hans Ostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25892266.post-47534522522658297662008-04-15T09:31:00.000-07:002008-04-15T09:31:00.000-07:00I liked the botany of desire except for some of Po...I liked the botany of desire except for some of Pollan's evolutionary excesses. The chapter on apples was great -- I never knew that Johnny Appleseed was essentially spreading orchards of hard cider! His other book, In Defense of Food, is pretty good as well, insofar as you continue to correct for the excesses his reasoning as it relates to evolution.<BR/><BR/>Also: get that plant some light.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25892266.post-9530105735867808152008-04-15T00:57:00.000-07:002008-04-15T00:57:00.000-07:00BTW, "Botany of Desire" is a book by Michael Polla...BTW, "Botany of Desire" is a book by Michael Pollan which describes the world from "a plant's-eye view". It's an interesting read if anyone's interested.Acumenschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14502771279290190296noreply@blogger.com